Saturday, August 04, 2007

'Toxic waste' fed to schoolchildren

No, not a tale of turkey twizzlers, but dolphin meat in Japan. A couple of local politicians have dared to point out the bleeding obvious, that the dophins "traditionally" slaughtered off the coast on Japan and then stuffed into schoolkids (no-one actually buys the stuff willingly) by politicians in the hope that they will be indoctrinated into this "traditional way of life" are actually not fit for human consumption.

Perhaps not. Mercury poisoning has a long history in Japan - they basically invented the problem, and some people are justifiably touchy about the subject (which was covered up for decades, and lawsuits from the infamous ~1950s pollution scandal continue today).